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While researching Spanish John McDonell`s family , I stumbled upon an old Posting by Donald Chisholm to the now defunct website Genealogy.com . In this Posting is mentioned a letter written by Spanish John McDonell to his son John McDonell and Dated 16 March 1800 , which included the following quote : ` Àllick burgh the King`s son who died by the fall of a tree last fall `. Since Deaf Alex McDonell tombstone is located just south of the replica log church in the Pioneer graveyard at St Andrews West Ont. , and it says something to the effect that he was killed by a falling tree in 1799 , it would appear that he was not a son of Spanish John

some observations which may or may not be correct and is subject to correction and further clarification

Àllick burgh the King`s son who died by the fall of a tree last fall This is Alex Bui the King’s son

Here the term “ King” , I believe belongs to a reference to John MacDonell who was married to a Catherine MacDonell

from William D Reid’s Loyalists in Ontario, Sons & daughter of American Loyalists, 1973 p. 190

McDonell, Alexander [Deaf], E half 10 south side Middle Branch, River aux Raisin, Cornwall. Died prior to November 1815

John of Cornwall, OC 14 Jan 1812

Angus of Cornwall. OC 14 Jan 1812

Allan of Cornwall. OC 11 Nov 1815

Christy, m Duncan Scott of Cornwall. OC 11 Nov 1815

Alexander of Cornwall. OC 23 Nov 1816

Mary, m John McPherson of Charlottenburgh. OC 23 Nov 1816

Catharine. OC 23 Nov 1816

Deaf Alex had the following children

Alexander ca 1790 who married a Mary MacDonell dau of John at St Raphael’s in Nov 1816

Christina ca 1794 who married a Duncan Scott at St Raphael’s Feb 1813

Mary ca 1797 who married a John McPherson ca 1828

John

Angus

Allan

Catherine

Why did William D Reid list a separate entry for Alex King's son and Deaf Alex, if they were the same person?

This Alex Bui [ Burgh] the King’s son and Deaf Alex MacDonell do not appear to be the same person. Even with some similarities, like they were both married to a Janet Cameron, but there seems to be more discrepancies, like

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ALEX W FRASER, or Alex Fraser born County of Glengarry, whose U E L ancestors settled in 1784, attended school, Lancaster, Williamstown, worked for Bell Canada, 1967 got ill at school in Ottawa, Ont. During convalescence 1971, he interested himself in the ancestry of his mother, father, pursued this quest by searching local records, cemeteries, he copied headstone inscriptions leading to the publication of Gravestones of Glengarry V 1 1976, V 2 1978.,V 3 1988, V 4 2008.V5 Kirk Hill, V6 Breadalbane, V7 Lochiel, V8 Glen Nevis 2011, published over 28,000 pages of material on the Glengarry Stormont County Ontario Area.
1992 he received the Canada 125th Anniversary medal, 1997 “The Morley K Thomas Award “ for 30 years of weather observing.
1998 Alex joined NATO/Bitron, started using the excellent product to reduce fuel, maintenance costs, 2006 under Bitron reached the Director, Founder, Presidential level in Bitron, averaging with his 1997 GMC 1/2 truck these 10+ years basically every 3rd tank of gas Free.
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